Good times!

This week has definitely improved from the bizarre weekend. Shayla (my roommate from last year) was in Washington with her parents for a few days, so she and I went to the Museum of Natural History and saw the Hope Diamond and explored Chinatown (it's really small, but a fun area of the city). We also dined at Hard Rock Cafe with a bunch of friends on Tuesday night. While the comraderie between us was great, our waiter was capital C crazy. At first we thought he was just funny, but the slew of sarcastic comments, pornographic tattoos and constant attempts to join our conversation became a little overwhelming. But somehow I got the nickname "princess", so at least I was on his good side... I guess? Still, it was a great time.

Sunday was an absolute highlight- I found a church! It's called The City Church (www.thecitydc.org), and it was started two years ago by three churches on the west coast, one of which is Sara's home church. Sara, Kristi and I attended on Sunday morning, where they were meeting for the first time in their new building. Well, the building is actually 163 years old, with some stained glass panels on the walls and high ceilings with dark wood beams and dusty, creaky stairs. And then there's the fully array of electrical equipment and modern musical instruments on the stage, creating quite a juxtaposition of new and old. Because my internship doesn't start for another week and a half, I plan on helping out with the renovation projects that are still incomplete. Also, there is a Bible study on Tuesday nights for the Young Professionals group (which includes interns- this is so DC), which I'm really excited to attend. It's very obvious that the church takes the literal interpretation of the Bible seriously, and they have such an inspired vision to reach out to Washington.

Humanities class is going well. Our professor can be slightly long-winded at times but because there are only nine students, the class discussion is usually interesting and well-paced. We're going to the Shakespeare Theatre next week to see a play, but of course we have to write a paper on it. Class usually goes the full two hours and twenty minutes, but last night we were dismissed half an hour early. Thank goodness, because we would have otherwise missed the first quarter of the Lakers game. As there are several basketball enthusiasts (mostly Lakers fans), watching the games has become ritual. Last night's game was ridiculous- the San Antonio Spurs kept a lead- once at 20 points- until the last five minutes or so of the game, and the Lakers came back to win by four.

I'm really looking forward to Memorial Day weekend, and not just because there's no class on Monday. My friend Daniel is coming to visit! So right now I have to go plan some fun things to do this weekend.